When you first walk into the town, you aren't impressed; the streets are filthy and the townspeople tired from work.
The buildings are packed tightly together and it gives you a sense of claustrophobia when you realize the air is full of smog.
You notice that there are no large factories, just small privately owned businesses. The smog floats in from a large city nearby.
Soon you realize that there is more to this small city.
Everyone in it acts like one big family, and they will gladly include you.
The children you see have dirty clothing but they are content with their lives as they play baseball in the street.
You see very friendly faces, including a very old woman who works in a wash shop. When you pass by her store, you see her washing clothes in a tin full of dirty soap water, and then hanging them on lines draped across the room.
You learn everyones' names and personalities very quickly.
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